Renzo Furlan
Italian tennis player and coach (born 1970)
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Renzo Furlan (born 17 May 1970) is an Italian tennis coach and a former professional player. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 19 in April 1996. In 2024, he was named WTA Coach of the Year.[1]
| Country (sports) |  Italy |
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| Residence | Monte Carlo, Monaco |
| Born | 17 May 1970 |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Turned pro | 1988 |
| Retired | 2004 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $2,449,043 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 223-239 |
| Career titles | 2 |
| Highest ranking | No. 19 (15 April 1996) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 4R (1996) |
| French Open | QF (1995) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (1996) |
| US Open | 3R (1995) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Grand Slam Cup | 1R (1995) |
| Olympic Games | QF (1996) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 14–38 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 193 (17 June 1991) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (1995) |
| Last updated on: 9 July 2022. | |
Career
Furlan represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the quarterfinals by India's Leander Paes. Four years earlier, when Barcelona hosted the Summer Olympics, he reached the third round, falling to Jordi Arrese of Spain. His best performance at a Grand Slam tournament came when he got to the quarterfinals of the 1995 French Open, defeating Marcos Ondruska, David Rikl, Fernando Meligeni and Scott Draper before losing to Sergi Bruguera.[2]
Coaching career
Furlan was appointed president of the Tennis Federation of Serbia in 2016[3] and after leaving, Furlan began coaching Jasmine Paolini full-time in 2020, having first worked with her in 2015.[4] He was named WTA Coach of the Year in 2024.[1] They split in March 2025.[5] Since April 2026 he is coaching Luca Nardi.[6]
Personal life
Began playing tennis at age 6. Played soccer until age 14. He is the youngest in the family of two brothers and one sister. His hobbies include action and spy thriller movies and reading spy novels.[2]
ATP career finals
Singles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | May 1992 | Bologna, Italy | World Series | Clay |  Jaime Oncins |
2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jun 1992 | Firenze, Italy | World Series | Clay |  Thomas Muster |
3–6, 6–1, 1–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Aug 1993 | San Marino, San Marino | World Series | Clay | Thomas Muster |
5–7, 5–7 |
| Win | 1–3 | Feb 1994 | San Jose, United States | World Series | Hard (i) |  Michael Chang |
3–6, 6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 2–3 | Mar 1994 | Casablanca, Morocco | World Series | Clay |  Karim Alami |
6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Oct 1995 | Beijing, China | World Series | Hard (i) | Michael Chang |
5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–5 | Mar 1997 | St. Petersburg, Russia | World Series | Carpet (i) |  Thomas Johansson |
3–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 1994 | San Marino, San Marino | World Series | Clay |  Jordi Arrese |
 Neil Broad Greg Van Emburgh |
2–6, 4–6 |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 7 (3–4)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Jul 1990 | Tampere, Finland | Challenger | Clay | Fernando Luna |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Jun 1992 | Turin, Italy | Challenger | Clay |  Franco Davin |
6–7, 6–3, 1–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Sep 1998 | Budapest, Hungary | Challenger | Clay |  Christophe Van Garsse |
6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–1 | Aug 2001 | Bressanone, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Alessio Di Mauro |
6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Mar 2002 | Barletta, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Sergi Bruguera |
6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7) |
| Loss | 3–3 | Apr 2002 | San Remo, Italy | Challenger | Clay |  Oliver Gross |
4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Jun 2003 | Sassuolo, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Mariano Albert-Ferrando |
6–7(1–7), 3–6 |
Doubles: 4 (2–2)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Jun 1991 | Turin, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Omar Camporese |
Sven Salumaa Tobias Svantesson |
7–5, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–0 | Sep 1991 | Messina, Italy | Challenger | Hard | Guillermo Perez-Roldan |
Jan Apell Markus Naewie |
6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Mar 2002 | Barletta, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Uros Vico |
Massimo Bertolini Cristian Brandi |
6–4, 3–6, 6–7(4–7) |
| Loss | 2–2 | Apr 2002 | San Remo, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Cristian Brandi |
Daniele Bracciali Giorgio Galimberti |
3–6, 4–6 |
Performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Singles
| Tournament | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | SR | W–L | Win % | ||||
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| Australian Open | A | Q2 | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 3R | 4R | 3R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 8 | 8–8 | 50% | ||||
| French Open | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | QF | 3R | 1R | Q3 | Q3 | Q3 | Q1 | Q2 | Q2 | 0 / 8 | 7–8 | 47% | ||||
| Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 38% | ||||
| US Open | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 6 | 3–6 | 33% | ||||
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 8–4 | 7–4 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0 / 27 | 21–27 | 44% | ||||
| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | Not Held | 3R | Not Held | QF | Not Held | A | Not Held | 0 / 2 | 5–2 | 71% | ||||||||||||
| ATP Masters Series | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | A | 1R | 3R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | 43% | ||||
| Miami | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | A | 2R | 3R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | 43% | ||||
| Monte Carlo | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 7 | 3–7 | 30% | ||||
| Hamburg | A | A | 3R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 6 | 7–6 | 54% | ||||
| Rome | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 10 | 5–10 | 33% | ||||
| Canada | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | ||||
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% | ||||
| Paris | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% | ||||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–5 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 37 | 26–37 | 41% | ||||
